QUÁ KHỨ/QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN pdf

QUÁ KHỨ/QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ÐƠN Thì quá khứ đơn diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra và kết thúc trong quá khứ với thời gian xác định.. CHỦ TỪ + ÐỘNG TỪ QUÁ KHỨ When + thì quá khứ đơn s

QUÁ KHỨ/QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ÐƠN

Thì quá khứ đơn diễn tả hành

động đã xảy ra và kết thúc trong

quá khứ với thời gian xác định

CHỦ TỪ + ÐỘNG TỪ QUÁ

KHỨ

When + thì quá khứ đơn (simple

past)

When + hành động thứ nhất

I went to the library last night

She came to the U.S five years

ago

He met me in 1999

When they saw the accident,

they called the police

Cụm và từ ngữ chỉ thời gian: last night, last year, last time, etc.,

ago, in 1999, today, yesterday, then = at that time, in the 1800's,

in the 19th century, when, and for

Today đôi khi được dùng ở thì hiện tại tiếp diễn và tương lai đơn

For đôi khi được dùng ở thì hiện tại hoàn thành (present perfect)

THÌ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

In (a), 2 hành động đã xảy ra

cùng lúc Nhưng hành động thứ

nhất đã xảy ra sớm hơn và đã

đang tiếp tục xảy ra thì hành

động thứ hai xảy ra

a What were you doing when I

called you last night?

b He was watching TV while

his wife was cleaning the

bedroom

CHỦ TỪ + WERE/WAS +

ÐỘNG TÙ THÊM -ING

While + thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

(past progressive)

In (b), 2 hành động đã xảy ra

cùng một lúc

Cụm và từ ngữ chỉ thời gian: While, at that very moment, at

10:00 last night, and this morning (afternoon)

SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

I was doing

You were doing

He was doing

We were doing

You were doing

They were doing

TÓM TẮT:

Hành động kéo dài, tiếp tục, ở một thời điểm nào đó trong quá

khứ

Ðể nói hành động kéo dài, đang ở giữa công việc, trong một thời

gian nào đó Không cho biết khi nào chấm dứt

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1* The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing

action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in

the past This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the

past tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing

ending):

2* To say that someone was in the middle of doing something at a

certain time

3* To say that st happend in the middle of st

4* It doesn't tell us wether an action was finished or not

5* To tell how long something has been happening

Examples:

1* I was riding my bike all day yesterday

Joel was being a terrible role model for his younger brother

Dad was working in his garden all morning

During the mid-50s, real estate speculators were buying all the

swampland in Central Florida, and innocent people were investing

all their money in bogus development projects

Was he being good to you?

2* This time last year I was living in Spain What were you doing

at 10 o'clock last night ?

3* Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the lunch

While I was working in the garden , I hurt my back

I saw Jim in the park He was sitting on the grass

It was raining when I got up

Carlos lost his watch while he was running.I was sleeping on the

couch when Bertie smashed through the door

5* Tom was cooking the dinner (He was in the middle of

cooking, we don't know wether he finished or not)

COMPARE:

When Tom arrived,

- we were having dinner (We had already started dinner before

Tom arrived )

- we had dinner ( Tom arrived and we had dinner )

You've been smoking too much recently You should smoke less

Ann has been writing letters all day